James Corden Playfully Confronts Audience Member After Joke Fails

On Thursday’s Late Late Show, James Corden’s failed joke led to a confrontation between him and an audience member. During his opening monologue, Corden told a joke: “A new study says that emojis can help save people’s relationships… The professor behind the study claims visual communication is more understandable, and I think he’s right. I do because you know what I always say, ‘Top hat, ghost, lipstick, jack-o’-lantern.”

The joke was met with silence. Corden addressed the lack of laughter, saying, “We should hold a funeral for that joke.”

As he looked around, he saw a man in the audience and asked, “What were you staring at?”

It turns out the man was watching the teleprompter instead of the host.